Rapid population declines of Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis in Upper Mustang, Nepal

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Acharya, Raju ^a   Cuthbert, Richard ^b   Baral, Hem Sagar ^c   Shah, Karan Bahadur ^d  

^a Friends of Nature ^*  (Nepal)

^b Nepal Water Conservation Foundation   (Nepal)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POISONING; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DHAULAGIRI; EURASIA; MUSTANG; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; GYPS; GYPS HIMALAYENSIS;

EID: 67749114342     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908007417     Document Type: Article

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